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  • No, I really don’t think that ~50% of the population is “pro-life” because they hate women and want to force young girls to raise babies. If that was the case, why would they be ok with girls giving up their kids for adoption? Surely they’d want that delegalized too. Besides, if you hate women and want to see them suffer, there’s got to be an easier, more efficient way that will result in even greater harm.

    Your comment is a “pro-choice” equivalent of a “pro-lifer” saying that everyone “pro-choice” is a satanic pedophile who wants to murder babies for their own amusement.

    I know exactly what your comment is supposed to be. A moral superiority circle jerk based on an illogical, unsubstantiated, unrealistic premise. You’re not supposed to question it or push back against it, you’re supposed to just go along with it so that everyone can nod along and feel good about themselves.

    Let’s be honest now, everyone knows what the whole “pro-life” and “pro-choice” debate is about. Both sides think that taking away a part of a woman’s bodily autonomy is bad and that killing the life developing inside her isn’t as meaningless as killing a fruit fly or getting your tonsils removed. But from the “pro-lifers” point of view, banning abortion is the lesser of two evils because the alternative is killing something that they believe to be a baby, while from the “pro-choicers” point of view, allowing abortion is the right choice because it’s kinda sorta not really a baby yet, so forcing a girl to do something she doesn’t want to do just to save this maybe baby isn’t the right call.

    This is a 100% accurate representation of each point of view, and any notion that any significant part of either movement supports it for any other reason is absolutely batshit fucking insane. (I almost never make categorical statements like this, but I really mean it here.)

    The only reason why I engaged with not just your comment but this post at all is to push back against this “the more radical and extremist, the better and ideologically superior” emperor’s new clothes style no true Scotsman crap. I hope that the people reading this will be able to find some sense in themselves and admit, if not publicly, at least internally where the truth lies in this situation.














  • Region locked to USA so here’s a screenshot.

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    FBI warns users to encrypt text messages for cybersecurity. Here’s how to do it Sunshyne Lynch Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin

    The FBI is warning phone users to encrypt their text messages, especially if you send messages between Apple and Android users.

    The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a statement on Nov. 13 that hackers affiliated with People’s Republic of China (PRC) were targeting “telecommunications infrastructure” in a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign.”

    The hackers targeted “a limited number of individuals who are primarily involved in government or political activity,” according to the statement, and stole “customer call records data” and “certain information that was subject to U.S. law enforcement requests pursuant to court orders.”

    Despite the FBI and CISA’s continued investigation, cybersecurity officials have been unable to stop the hackers.

    What text messages should be encrypted Because of the cyberattack, officials are warning smartphone users to use texting apps such as WhatsApp or Signal, as messages between Apple and Android users are not encrypted.

    Messages between two Apple devices are safe, and messages between two Android devices are safe, but messages between an Apple device and and Android device are vulnerable.

    Here are two text messaging apps that use end-to-end encryption. Once you’ve downloaded either of these apps to your smartphone, you can also link them to your desktop computers.

    How to encrypt text messages with WhatsApp To ensure that messages between Apple and Android users are encrypted, you can use the text messaging app WhatsApp.

    To download the app, Apple users should visit the App Store and Android users should visit the Google Play app, and download WhatsApp Messenger. The app is free to download and use.

    Once you’ve downloaded the app, you’ll need to accept the Terms and Conditions and allow the app to have certain permissions, like contacts and notifications.

    Then, you’ll need to select the country you live in and register a phone number you own. This phone number must be able to receive phone calls and text messages, so it cannot be a landline or toll-free number.

    WhatsApp will then give you the option for a voice call or to text a code to the phone number you entered in order to verify the number.

    Once the number is verified, you must put in the year you were born and your name and click “Done.” After you’ve completed this step, you can begin texting and calling your contacts through WhatsApp.

    To use this app, you must have Wi-Fi or cellular data.

    How to encrypt text messages with Signal Signal is another encrypted text messaging app to ensure messages between Apple and Android users are protected.

    To download the app, Apple users should visit the App Store and Android users should visit the Google Play app, and download Signal - Private Messenger. The app is free to download and use.

    Once you’ve downloaded the app, you’ll need to accept the Terms and Conditions and allow the app to have certain permissions, like contacts and notifications.

    Like WhatsApp, you’ll enter in a phone number that you own and is able to make calls and send and receive text messages.

    Signal will text you a verification code that you’ll need to enter into the app that verifies the phone number. After the number has been verified, you’ll create a PIN that allows you to access your information and ensures your information is encrypted.

    You’ll then enter in your first and last name to create your Signal profile. After creating your profile, you can begin texting and calling through Signal. The app will show you the contacts in your phone that already have the app.

    To use this app, you must have Wi-Fi or cellular data.


  • Monero is an amazing project with an actual use case, why associate it with a scam or a useless trash at best. The possibility of tarnishing XMR’s and community’s reputation far outweigh any benefit it may bring. We don’t need another shitcoin to develop a frontend for EVM atomic swaps, if you are serious about it and need funding make a CCS proposal. We also don’t need moonbois taking interest in XMR just to turn it into another vehicle to grow their fiat bags, destabilizing our price in the process. Price stability is essential to monero’s success as as digital cash. Small price osculation, steady growth, no growth (or even steady decline as long as it’s predictable, just look at fiat) is preferable to violent price movements which force everyone who wants to use monero as money to become a speculator as well.



  • qwertytomemes@lemmy.worldSomething's not adding up
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    2 months ago

    I know this is a joke but if anyone is wondering it’s because they build those things to go towards the air, otherwise they would be going away from the air and it would be hard to breath. Earth is going away from the air too but luckily it has trees attached to itself that make more air and leave it behind, that’s where wind comes from.








  • qwertytoTechnology@lemmy.worldM4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location
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    3 months ago

    To be fair, aren’t those mini PCs meant for HTPCs/home servers? You’re not really supposed to turn them off, and if you really want easy power button access you can just set it upside down. I’d say it’s a good idea if you take into account that it’s aimed at Apple customers who care more about “design” over usability. They truly “think different” over there.